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PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR.19.1906.

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HENRY SAMETZ, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO LEWISOPPENHEIMERS SONS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A FIRM.

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Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed March 19. 1906. Serial No. 306.736.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SAMETZ, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a .new and useful Improvement in Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of a new and useful box having an auxiliaryretainer.

It further consists of other novel details of construction all as willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an auxiliary retainer inopened. position.

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of a box upon which the retainer isused. F ig. 3 represents a sectional view on line ;ca;, Fig. 2, showing,however, the auxiliary retainer and the ordinary lid in position andwith a pair of suspenders in the box. Fig. 4 represents a perspectiveview of a portion of an auxiliary retainer showing a ditlerent manner ofconstructing the same from that shown in .Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents aperspective view of another form of box shown in open position. Fig. 6represents a sectional view thereof showing the ordinary lid inposition. Fig. 7 represents a plan view on a reduced scale of the boxshown in Fig. 5 with the auxiliary retainer removed.

Similar numerals of reference indicate eorresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings :A designates a box having the usual sidepieces B and end pieces B and ends C and between one of the ends of thesame and one of the end pieces B, of the box is formed a space D.

E designates another compartment which is formed within the box A andwhich has the sides E and is of the same width as the compartment C, andthe end piece E of which is so situated as to form a space F between itand one of the end pieces B of the box A.

G designates an auxiliary retainer which, as shown in Fig. 1, is formedfrom a single piece of material, the same consisting of the frame likebody portion G and having the sides H which are formed by scoring as atJ and the end pieces K of which are formed by scoring as at L, so thatthe said sides and end pieces can be bent and may be secured, if desired, in that position. Extending from the ends of the body are thebars M which are so situated that when the auxiliary retainer is inposition on the box A they will be situated above and project on eachside of the side C of the compartment (1.

N designates a cross bar connected with the bars M and which is sosituated that it will be situated above the end of the compartment C, itbeing noted that the sides H and the end pieces K of the auxiliaryretainer are within the sides B and end B of the box when the auxiliaryretainer is on the box and that the end piece K, when in position,passes between or is situated within the spaces D and F for the purposeof holding the auxiliary retainer in position. The said auxiliaryretainer when within the box A, as best understood from Fig. 3, does notin any way interfere with the ordinary lid P of the box. By means ofthis arrangement various articles can be placed in the differentcompartments, as for example, in the compartment C can be placedsuspenders, while in the two side compartments A and A can be placedgarters and in the compartment E can be placed arm hands, it being notedafter these articles are in place in the dill'erent compartments thatthe auxiliary retainer can be placed in position and that theoverhanging body portion G and the overhanging bars M. and cross bar Nserve to assist in holding the articles in their various compartmentswithout interfering with a clear view of the goods which thus present anattractive appearance and as if each were in separate boxes. In this waythe lid 1 can be removed from the box and the articles will be held inposition by the auxiliary retainer, while at the same time permittingthe goods to be easily viewed. The frame of the body portion-and thebars M and cross bars N can be decorated as desired, this presenting avery attractive appearance when the lid is removed. It will beunderstood that boxes may be made with other arrangement of compartmentstherein, in which event the auxiliary retainer is made in conformitytherewith so that the separation of the compartments is protected anddefined by the retainer, and the overhanging edges of the retainer actas described.

In Fig. 4 I have shown aportion of the auxiliary retainer in which theside pieces Q and R are connected by the strips S while a bar T isconnected with the side piece by the strip U, the effect of which is thesame as if phe auxiliary retainer were made as shown in In theconstruction shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 I have shown a box with the usualside pieces B and the end pieces B and in said box are the partitions 1and 2 forming a compartment 3 and between said partitions 1 and 2 is thepartition 4 which, with the end 5, forms the compartment 6 the other end7 of the artitions 1 and 2 closing the compartment 3. pon the oppositeside of the box I place similar partitions in order to form thecompartmentsS and 9, it being seen that the partition 1 is situated aslight distance from the side piece B forming a space 10 therebetween,while the end partitions 5 and 7 are situated a slight distance from theend pieces B, forming spaces 11 therebetween,-it being understood thatthe side pieces H and end pieces K of the auxiliary retainer G areadapted to be situated in these spaces whereby the same will be held inposition as heretofore de scribed. When the box I is formed in thismanner the auxiliary retainer G is shaped to correspond that is to saythat the cross bar N is omitted from the position seen in Fig. 1 and Iprovide two cross bars NN adapted to be situated over the crosspartitions 4 when the lid is in position. By this arrangement it will beseen that compartments are formed in the box and are adapted to receivevarious articles, it being understood that the edges of the auxiliaryretainer proj ect beyond the partitions serving to assist in holding thearticles in place in the compartments.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled inthe art which will come within the scope of my invention and I do not,therefore, desire to be limited to the exact construction herein shownand described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a box, compartments thereinhaving sides and end pieces, the latter being situated to form spacesbetween them and the edges of the box, and a removably independentauxiliary retainer having ends adapted to be seated within said spacesand portions resting loosely on the tops of the compartments and of thebox and overlying the partitions between the compartments.

2. A box having compartments, an auxiliary retainer independent of andremovable from the box and removably supported on the tops of thesamef'and its compartments, and having depending portions received inthe spaces between the walls of the box and compartments, and a lidengaged over the top of the box and over said retainer, said retainerhaving portions overlapping the walls of the box and of thecompartments.

HENRY SAMETZ.

I Vitnesses JOHN A. I/VIEDERSHEIM, G. D. MoVAY.

